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Night photo of a covered outdoor ritual courtyard with a tall copper-coloured lamp stand at left and a small brick fire pit on the paved floor. On the left, several men in white dhotis with garlands and bare upper bodies walk in a line carrying offerings. A saffron-robed person with a rudraksha mala walks in the centre. On the right, a figure in a red-and-gold dhoti and shawl with a garland stands with hands folded, and another person in red stands behind. A yellow vehicle with a painted portrait and text is parked in the background. Behind the figure in the red-and-gold dress, the ritual setting suggests a satsang or homa-style ceremony.

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November 20 20142014-11-20Night photo of an open-sided courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with fluorescent lights. A lone figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at left beside a tall golden kalasha-like pillar and a dark stone deity or bull statue on a red pedestal. In the centre, a small brick fire pit holds a burning fire, with several saffron-and-red robed priests moving around it in front of a yellow vehicle with lettering. At right, a man in red-and-gold dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. A few more people are visible in the background.2014-11-20Night outdoor homa (fire ritual) on a paved courtyard. A square yellow-bordered fire pit holds burning embers and smoke rises. Several shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron/orange robes with white tilak sit cross-legged on a mat around it, some wearing rudraksha malas. A standing saffron-robed priest stands behind the pit, and a white-clad man with a white garland sits at the pit tending the fire. Brass lamps, a pineapple and bananas, yellow flower garlands and a row of small oil lamps sit nearby; a blue-fringed umbrella stands at right. Approximately eight to ten people are visible.2013-11-09Outdoor evening procession under a open-sided roofed pavilion, with palm trees behind. A line of devotees walks on a sandy path. In front, a monastic in saffron and red robes carries a silver kalasha pot, and another man holds a tall pole with a blue, orange and gold canopy umbrella overhead. Several men in saffron robes with bare shoulders and shaved heads, some with white sandalwood markings on arms and rudraksha malas, walk beside them. Women in white and orange saris wear rudraksha necklaces. A man in white dhoti with gold border holds a decorated banner pole on the right, and a red and white ceremonial item is carried on the left.2014-04-07December 05 20142014-12-05Night photograph of a temple procession on a paved courtyard lit by string lights. In the foreground a young saffron-robed sadhaka with a bare chest, rudraksha mala and white tilak holds a flaming torch aloft. Beside him a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with a bare chest plays a large drum. Other saffron-robed boys in orange turbans and malas stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and men in white dhotis observe. A gold-covered palanquin or ratha stands in the background among red-walled buildings. No identifiable figure in the scene is clearly a person by appearance, so the subject remains uncertain.2017-09-03Night procession on a dirt path with a shallow puddle. A man in a bright orange-saffron shawl and dhoti walks barefoot in front, carrying a long gold-topped staff, with a line of attendants in white dhotis and orange sashes behind him. To the right, a man in orange robes carries a gold-coloured ceremonial vessel, and a man in orange holds a gold-topped object near a large blue drum. Ornate multicoloured canopies with tassels hang overhead. Several people in white and orange garments follow closely.2008-01-03November 25 20152015-11-25July 07 20152015-07-07July 07 20152015-07-07February 06 20142014-02-06February 06 20142014-02-06